Prokofiev

Prokofiev used actual Jewish folk songs in his Overture on Hebrew Themes, even though he usually believed that composers should write their own melodies. Clarinetist Todd Palmer joins a group of players at the Skaneateles Music Festival for a concert performance of this charmer by Prokofiev.

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